Staying Grounded [BXB]

If his seventeen years of experience has taught Craig Lawton only one thing, it's this:

Life is too damn precious to throw away...

It's like, you know those dreams?"
Performing on a stage to a full audience?
When you're in the spotlight, and you look down-
And you realise you're completely naked?
Caught off-guard without a script.
No lines. No cues. No curtain-call.
That's me. All the time.
Ever since I was caught out and exposed.
Betrayed. Shamed. Ruined.
By someone I should never have trusted.

I made a single mistake, and it cost me everything.
My school, my friends, and my freedom.
Mum wouldn't look at me.
Dad took control of me.
I flipped the page and started fresh.
But still, that wasn't enough.
There's nothing I can do now that'd ever be enough.

It's at rock bottom that Sebastian Davis finds me.

I'm his worst nightmare.
He's my best hope.

The ground has not been steady beneath my feet for so long,
I've forgotten how it feels.
And no matter how hard he refuses,
It seems that Sebastian has been fated to remind me.

*An Elephant Shoe companion novel. Can be read as a standalone.*